we created a long-term group composed of more than 20 federal agency and consulted closely with state and local governments. out of this published a draft of the framework which after public comment was published in its final version of the 2011. by allowing me to lead the effort, the president not only is applying the national disaster recovery are recognizes that to adequately address the normal range of regional issues it is necessary. we have developed strong relationships with these leaders and not only the housing but the broader redevelopment's issues as well. job no. 1 is our ongoing rescue response to help those affected by hurricane sandy including tens of thousands of families still in homes without power due to damage to their homes and many others that do not have homes at all. we will continue to work with fema and other agencies. as the president recognized, we must look ahead as well. we must not distracted the immediate responders from their jobs today. we want to make sure that homes are rebuilt and communities are made whole. we also want to build back stronger, sma